Roberto Fontanarrosa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Roberto Fontanarrosa

Argentinian cartoonist and writer

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1944

Place of Birth: Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Date of Death: 19-Jul-2007

Profession: writer, comics artist, painter, cartoonist

Nationality: Argentina

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Roberto Alfredo Fontanarrosa, known popularly as El Negro Fontanarrosa (November 26, 1944 in Rosario – July 19, 2007), was an Argentine cartoonist, comics artist and writer.
During his extended career Fontanarrosa became one of the most acclaimed historieta artists of his country, as well as a respected fiction writer.
He created the comics and characters of Inodoro Pereyra, a gaucho, and Boogie, el aceitoso, a contract killer.
He also created the comic book Los Clásicos según Fontanarrosa, which contained a selection of jokes parodies of classic universal literature published in the magazine Chaupinela in the 1970s.
A film was made loosely based on Fontanarrosa's short story Memorias de un wing derecho.